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Biography

Ono Yoko, who is more popularly known in the United States as Yoko Ono, was born in Tokyo on February 18, 1933, the first daughter and eldest child of Ono Eisuke and Yasuda Isoko . In 1935, she left Yokohama on June 13 and arrived at San Francisco on June 26 on the Chichibu Maru ; she was traveling with her mother at that time to live with her father. She received her early education at Gakushuin. In 1939, Yoko and her family departed Yokohama again on December 28 and arrived at San Francisco on January 11, 1940, via the Tatuta Maru , and from there moved to New York City to live with father Eisuke as shown in the 1940 United States Census, only to return to Japan the following year.

Yoko received further education at Keimei Gakuen. In April 1946, she returned to Gakushuin. One of her classmates was the future Emperor of Japan. Yoko graduated in 1951 and attended the philosophy program at Gakushuin University for two semesters.

In 1956, Yoko eloped her first husband, but divorced in 1962 after living apart for six years. On November 28, 1962, she married her new husband; however, that marriage was annulled on March 1, 1963, because Yoko did not finalize her divorce from her previous husband. After finalizing the divorce, Yoko remarried her second husband on June 6. Two months later, she had a daughter on August 8.

Some time later, Yoko met Beatles member John Lennon . She was pregnant with a male child, also named John , but miscarried on November 21, 1968. After divorcing her second husband on February 2, 1969, Yoko married John in Gibraltar on March 20. They collaborated with each other on music projects during their marriage. However, they separated in July 1973, only to reunite by December 1974. Their son was born on October 9, 1975. Yoko became a widow when her husband was fatally shot on December 8, 1980.

Yoko continues to make music projects and occasionally collaborates with her only son. She saw her daughter again in 1998.

Sources

• "California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXH3-131  : 12 March 2018), Yoko Ono, 1935; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1410 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,381,105.
• "California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXH7-TFC  : 12 March 2018), Yoko Ono, 1939; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1410 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,381,148.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3BL-MCM  : 27 July 2019), Yoko Ono in household of Yeisuke Ono, Assembly District 4, Queens, New York City, Queens, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-880, sheet 2A, line 25, family 45, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2737.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Yoko Ono
• Wikidata: Item Q117012 , en:Wikipedia